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The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh

The Institute was created in 2008 when the old Roslin Insitute, which was part of the Biotechnology & Biology Research Council, merged with the University of Edinburgh.

Aims

The primary objectives are to:

• Improve animal health and welfare through knowledge of genetic factors affecting resistance to disease;
• Develop sustainability and productivity of livestock systems and food supply chain through understanding of reproductive and developmental biology;
• Advance food safety by understanding interactions between disease causing organisms and animals;
• Enhance human health through an understanding of basic mechanisms of health, disease and comparative biology of animal species;
• Identify new and emerging zoonoses and understand how pathogens might cross from animals to humans;
• Increase the quality of life for animals by studying the mechanisms and behaviours associated with their environment.

Organisation of research

The Roslin Institute's research is managed over four scientific divisions under the directorship of Professor David Hume. The divisions are:

• Genetics and Genomics;
• Developmental Biology;
• Neuropathogenesis;
• Infection & Immunity;

Research studentships

The Roslin Institute provides a high-qulity training environment in biological research with an excellent standard of facilities and expertise available to students. Currently some 50 PhD students are based at the Institute. For more information see the Institute's jobs/training web page.

Facilities

The Institute currently occupies laboratories close to the village of Roslin on the outskirts of Edinburgh. From 2010 it will be based in a new £58M building on the University of Edinburgh's veterinary campus at Easter Bush.

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